EARLIER IN THIS NEWSCAST, WE TOLD YOU ABOUT ALI RADDATZ. THE UW-M FRESHMAN DIED OF ALCOHOL AND DRUG POISONING AT AN OFF-CAMPUS HOUSE PARTY IN 2009. SINCE THAT TIME, HER FATHER HAS MADE IT HIS MISSION TO HELP SPARE OTHER FAMILIES SUCH PAIN. HERE'S 12'S JOYCE GARBACIAK WITH MORE ON WHAT HE'S DOING. 14:07:57 NO SIGNS THAT SHE WANTED TO GO OFF AND BE EXPERIMENTAL WITH DRUGS AND ALCOHOL OR ANYTHING. SHE WAS JUST A NORMAL GIRL. BUT BAD DECISIONS AT A PARTY COST ALI RADDATZ HER LIFE. 14:08:10 YOU TRY AND MAKE SENSE OF WHY SOMETHING LIKE THAT COULD HAPPEN AND THERE IS NO SENSE TO IT. 14:08:15 IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS. IT'S GOD WAY OF MAKING ME DO SOMETHING ELSE IN LIFE TO TRY AND SAVE SOME OTHER KIDS OR FIND SOME SENSE OUT OF ALL OF IT. 14:08:25 14:08:34 SHORTLY AFTER SHE DIED, I GOT INVOLVED WITH "YOUR CHOICE" -- BASED OUT OF HARTLAND. "YOUR CHOICE" OFFERS SPEAKERS TO TALK TO PARENTS AND KIDS ABOUT DRUG ABUSE -- PAUL RADDATZ IS ONE OF THEM. 14:11:30 YOU CHOICE ALWAYS USES AN ANALOGY OF A ROLLER COASTER, WHICH IS THE COOLEST RIDE. IF YOU KNEW YOU WERE GONNNA GET ON A ROLLER COAST WHERE FOUR OUT OF EVERY TEN CARS WERE GONNA SOMEHOW MALFUNCTION AND FALL OFF THE TRACK, WOULD YOU GET ON THE ROLLER COASTER? BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE NUMBERS. WE'VE DONE ENOUGH STUDENTS THAT SHOW THAT IF KIDS DABBLE UNDER THE AGE OF 20 YEARS OLD WITH DRUGS AND ALCOHOL, FOUR OUT OF EVERY TEN KIDS IS IN SOME WAY GOING TO HAVE A DRUG- AND ALCOHOL-RELATED PROBLEM FOR LIFE. RADDATZ CALLS ALCOHOL A HUGE PROBLEM FOR KIDS. 14:09:50 BECAUSE IT TURNS THEM INTO SOMETHING THAT THEY REALLY AREN'T. THEY'RE WILLING TO TAKE RISKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT WHEN THEY HAVE A FEW DRINKS, THEY NORMALLY WOULDN'T DO. RADDATZ SAYS PARENTS NEED TO TALK TO THEIR KIDS ABOUT THE REAL DANGERS -- AND BE WILLING TO TEST THEM. 14:10:35 TEST YOUR KIDS. I SEE NO REASON WHY YOU SHOULDN'T TEST YOUR KIDS FOR DRUG AND ALCOHOL USE. IF YOUR KIDS AREN'T DOING IT, WHY WOULD THEY OBJECT TO BEING TESTED FOR DRUGS RANDOMLY? EVEN THOUGH HE SAYS HE TALKED TO ALI... 14:12:06 I CERTAINLY TOLD ALI, DON'T DO IT. IT'S NOT WORTH IT. LEARN HOW TO BE RESPONSIBLE. ...HE CAUTIONS THE FORCES PULLING KIDS IN OTHER DIRECTIONS ARE STRONG. 14:12:11 PEER PRESSURE AND ALCOHOL IS WHAT WILL DO IT. HE HOPES THAT BY SHARING ALI'S STORY -- THE MESSAGE CAN REALLY SINK IN. JG WISN 12 NEWS, HARTLAND.